By a staggering margin, Rapper, entertainer and business mogul, Sean Combs aka Diddy, topped the list of highest paid celebritiesin the world 2017. This time the Hip Hop star went a further step ahead of the others by earning a career-best of $130 million In a single year.

Bootylicious Singer, Beyoncé came in a not so terribly distant second place with a whopping $105 million—not bad!

The authors and novelists where represented remarkably by best-selling fiction author, J.K. Rowling who came in an impressive third with $95 million.

Strangely Beyoncé's husband, Hip Hop artiste and business mogul Jay Z came in at a distant #55. While selfie Queen of social media and entrepreneu and TV personality Kim Kardashian came in at 47th, while her younger sister curvaceous super model Kylie Jenner came in at 59th.

A large bulk of Diddy's earnings for the year came from the part sale of his clothing line Sean John. His lucrative partnership with Diageo's Ciroc vodka also contributed to the high figure he earned.

Forbes released the 100 top earning celebrities list, but below, we'll focus on the best of the best, the Top fifty.

This list is pretax, and ranks the top-earning front-of-camera entertainers in the world by from June 1, 2016 through June 1, 2017.

From actors and actresses to singers, sports stars to magicians,the most amazing thing about the above group of celebs is the diverse mix of entertainment genres that produced this spectacular money list.Source: Forbes